Ranji
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
Born: 10 September 1872, Sarodar, Kathiawar, India
Died: 2 April 1933, Jamnagar Palace, India
Major Teams: Cambridge University, Sussex, London County, England.
Known As: Ranji
Also Known As: later H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Slow
Test Debut: England v Australia at Manchester, 2nd Test, 1896
Last Test: England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, 1902
Inherited title of HH Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar in 1907
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1897
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 15 26 4 989 175 44.95 2 6 13 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 97 6 39 1 39.00 1-23 0 0 97.0 2.41
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1893 - 1920)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 307 500 62 24692 285* 56.37 72 109 233 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 8056 361 4601 133 34.59 6-53 4 0 60.5 3.42
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Ranitsinjhi played for Cambridge University and,
deciding to make his
cricketing career in England rather than India, for Sussex and England.
He played 15 Tests between 1896 and 1902 (in a period well before India
had achieved Test status), all his matches being against Australia.
Ranji had a first-class average of 56.37 and a Test average of 44.95,
which is outstanding for the period. Of English cricketers whose careers
were wholly pre WW1, only Jackson exceeds his Test figure. His
style of play was something completely new to the English (I imagine him
as having been rather similar to Azharuddin in style). It was also a
considerable feat in those prejudiced times for him to get picked for
England at all (had he not been of noble blood he might never
have managed it). When he was picked he responded with a century on
debut, 154* at Old Trafford in 1896. This was one of the most famous of
Test innings, being made after England had been forced to follow on - in
the end they lost by only 3 wickets.
He was the first play ever to reach 3000 runs in an English season in
1899, and to show it was no fluke did so again in 1900.
Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 21:06:42 GMT
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